Four students were injured when a pressure cooker burst in the kitchen of the lakshmi Nursingha Vidyapitha at Nuagarh in Gajapati district on Monday.
The injured, identified as Jiriyam Mandal and William Bhuyan of Class-IX, Akshya Gamang of Class-X and l Karji of Class-VIII, have been undergoing treatment at the Nuagarh Hospital. Sources said the cooker blew up at 7.30 am while food was being cooked. Of the 84 students staying in hostel, these four had come to prepare the food when the mishap took place. Nuagarh BDO Dashrathi Sarab and marketing inspector visited the spot. School headmaster Balaram Gamang said the incident occurred as no cook was present in the hostel.